URSA Awards

Apply now! URSA funding opportunities now open.

SUgR (Summer Undergraduate Research) Award Opportunity - Open now!

UAF undergraduate students are invited to apply for one of ten URSA SUgR awards of $5,000 (to fund student salary, stipend, tuition and/or supplies). Any undergradute student with good academic standing and a commitment from a faculty mentor is eligible for funding. Funding will cover activities conducted between June 1 and August 21, 2015. The project may extend beyond August 21, 2015 but funding must be spent by that date.

UAF undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to apply for for an URSA ITE award of up to $10,000 for technology-related equipment and/or software associated with student-based instruction and/or research. Any UAF student in good academic standing, staff. or faculty member is eligible to apply. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2015.

Applications must submitted online by March 13, 2015. Award winners will be notified by email and announced on this website by March 31, 2015.

URSA Award Dates

See the URSA Award Schedule for announcement and deadline dates for URSA's many award opportunities. Undergraduate student travel awards and project awards are offered both fall and spring semesters; summer project awards are offered each summer. Mentoring awards are offered each fall semester; mentors include faculty, post-docs and graduate students. Students are eligible to receive multiple awards from URSA while at UAF.